Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae > Ratufa > Ratufa affinisRatufa affinis (pale giant squirrel)Synonyms: Sciurus affinis (homotypic) The cream-coloured giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is probably extinct in Singapore, as no recent sightings have been made. Reported sightings in Vietnam in 1984 are considered to be dubious. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.18 EDGE Score: 3.01 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 2.619 lbs (1.188 kg) |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Vertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Arboreal [2] | 100 % | | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 10 years | | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 16 inches (40 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Borneo lowland rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Borneo montane rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Borneo peat swamp forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Indochina mangroves |
Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Kinabalu montane alpine meadows |
Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Myanmar Coast mangroves |
India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests |
Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests |
Malaysia, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Peninsular Malaysian rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran lowland rain forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran montane rain forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran peat swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran tropical pine forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sunda Shelf mangroves |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Sundaland heath forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests |
Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Batang Ai National Park |
II |
62638 |
Sarawak, Malaysia |
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Berbak National Park |
II |
423927 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Betung Kerihun National Park |
II |
1945086 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve |
IV |
4602 |
Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Danau Sentarum National Park |
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347674 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Gunung Niut Wildlife Reserve Nature Reserve |
IV |
409109 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Gunung Palung National Park |
II |
271203 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary |
IV |
309428 |
Thailand |
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Khao Lam Pi - Hat Thai Muang National Marine Park |
II |
17646 |
Thailand |
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Khao Luang National Park |
II |
143331 |
Thailand |
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Khao Phanom Bencha National Park |
II |
12840 |
Thailand |
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Khao Pra Bang Kram Wildlife Sanctuary |
IV |
30009 |
Thailand |
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Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park |
II |
176398 |
Thailand |
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Krau Wildlife Reserve |
IV |
149823 |
Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Kutai National Park |
II |
560076 |
East Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Pasoh Virgin Jungle Reserve |
Ia |
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Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve Virgin Jungle Reserve |
Ia |
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Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Tabin Wildlife Reserve |
IV |
275051 |
Sabah, Malaysia |
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Ulu Temburong National Park |
II |
123279 |
Brunei Darussalam |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
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Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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